AUTHOR | MARK TWAIN
Mark Twain | Writer, lecturer
Bio:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called 'The Great American Novel'. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, Twain worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story, 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County', was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a min
Born: 1835-11-30
Born in: Florida, Missouri, U.S.
Died: 1910-04-21
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All Quotes from the Author Mark Twain 203
“ The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good mo...
“ If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember an...
“ I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't ...
“ I'll not go where there is any of that sort of thing...
“ The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
“ Behold, the fool saith, 'Put not all thine eggs in t...
“ When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles,...
“ A proof once established is better left so.
“ A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when...
“ So I learned then, that gold in it's native state is...
“ The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his ...
“ But it is a blessed provision of nature that at time...
“ A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap...
“ The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philos...